Flora of North America species comparison

rhizomes, horizontal, much-branched, bearing rosettes.

decumbent, branched basally, (fleshy), with numerous decumbent branchlets, not forming rosettes.

erect, simple, (6–)10–28 cm;

leaf blades suborbiculate or obovate, base not spurred;

offsets not formed.

(axillary), erect, simple or branched, 5–10 cm;

leaf blades ovate, base not spurred;

offsets not formed.

alternate, ascending to spreading, sessile to subsessile;

blade green, glaucous, not strongly pruinose, obovate or oblanceolate, subterete, 10–36 × 5–16 mm, base not spurred, not scarious, apex emarginate to retuse.

(persistent), alternate, spreading, sessile;

blade yellow-green, not glaucous, ovate, subterete, somewhat flattened, 5–8 × 3–4 mm, (thick, turgid), base not spurred, not scarious, apex apiculate, (surfaces minutely papillose, caused by reflections of inner facets of windowed cells).

panicles, 10–120-flowered, 3–20-branched;

branches not recurved, dichotomously forked;

bracts similar to leaves, smaller.

cymes, 6–12-flowered, simple or 2-branched, sometimes with short branch at base with solitary flower;

branches not recurved, sometimes forked;

bracts similar to leaves, smaller.

2–5 mm.

absent or to 0.5 mm.

5-merous;

sepals (persistent, closely appressed to corolla tube), erect, connate basally, greenish, ovate, equal, 3.2–3.5 × 1–3 mm, apex subacute;

petals (persistent until fruiting), erect basally, divergent apically, connate basally, creamy white, yellowish white, or pale yellow, elliptic-oblong or oblanceolate-oblong, cucullate, 5–9(–11.5) mm, apex abruptly pointed;

filaments pale yellow;

anthers yellow;

nectar scales white or yellow, subreniform.

(4–)5-merous;

sepals spreading to reflexed, distinct, yellow-green, lanceolate, unequal, ca. 2 × ca. 0.8 mm, apex obtuse;

petals spreading, nearly distinct, bright yellow, lanceolate, canaliculate, ca. 4 mm, apex acute;

filaments color unknown;

anthers color unknown;

nectar scales pale yellow, oblong.

erect in fruit, distinct, brown, (strongly 5-veined).

spreading, distinct, tan to reddish.

= 90.

= 28.